Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

The future is no more uncertain than the present.

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

The earth, that is sufficient, I do not want the constellations any nearer, I know...

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...

OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as...